Leon's POV
The silence in the room after Aurelia left felt like a weight pressing down on my chest. I could still feel the sting of her slap on my cheek, but it was nothing compared to the ache in my heart. The look of pure hatred in her eyes when she'd walked out that door would haunt me forever.
"Well, that went f*****g perfectly," I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm as I turned to face my brothers. "Great job, everyone. Really stellar work."
Caesar ran his hands through his dark hair, looking older than I'd ever seen him. "We had to try something. She wasn't listening—"
"So we kidnapped her?" I exploded, my anger finally finding its target. "We chained her to a bed like some kind of prisoner? Are you all insane?"
"She was going to disappear again," Drake defended. "We couldn't
